Edmund nicolas



(No Model.)

B. NICOLAS. CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

No. 528,789. Patented Nov; 6. 1894.

n4: nonms PETERS e01, mam-Luna, wnsumo'rou. u. c.

NIT-E STATES PATENT Enron.

EDMUND NICOLAS, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENT PLATESTRUCTURE COMPANY, LIMITED, OE SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,789, dated November6, 1894.- App ati fi d January 4, 1894. Serial No. 495,705. (NomodeL)Patented in England December 1'7, 1891, No. 22,072-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND NICOLAS, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster,England, have invented an Improved Construction of Buildings forAdvertising Purposes, (patented in Great Britain December 17, 1891, N 0.22,072,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to utilize in a 'new manner the enamelediron plates or tablets now extensively used for advertising purposes,and which are now usually nailed or otherwise affixed to existing walls,buildings, or boardings, thereby considerably increasing the load orstrain on such erections.

The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is tobe performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understoodon reference to the annexed sheet of drawings and the followingexplanation thereof.

According to my invention I not only use the said enameled iron platesfor advertising purposes but I actually utilize them in the constructionof the building or erection itself thereby greatly reducing the costthereof.

My invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionon reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved structures partlyput together. Figs. 2 and 3 are detached views drawn to a larger scaleof parts hereinafter referred to.

I construct a light metal skeleton framework as shown at a Fig. 1 on theannexed drawings say for a temporary or permanent oifice room,warehouse, or other building to be used for commercial or otherpurposes, using angle iron a a or steel or similar metal or otherconvenient section as at a a riveted or bolted together as shown by thedetached views Figs. 2 and 3 preferably with a wooden foundation asshown at a Fig. 1, and I arrange this framework in such a manner thatthe said enameled iron advertising plates or tablets b can be used aspaneling for filling in the spaces of the said framework a thus formingactually an integral part of the building itself, and economizing thecost of erection as the advertisers will not only supply the platesgratis but also pay for their utilization in this manner.

The plates or panels are preferably made with notches c at their ends tofit the bolts or rivets and so fixed that their horizontal edges overlapslightly in the manner of tiles or slates as shown at Fig. 2 so as to beweather proof, and they are by preference so attached to the framing bybolts or otherwise that any one or more of them can be removed at anytime and exchanged for others without disturbing the other parts of thebuilding or in any way disarranging its stability.

The framework also will be preferably so arranged that the buildings canbe readily taken to pieces, transported, to another situation andre-erected as desired.

I claim- An improved structure consisting of the combination with askeleton framework for temporaryoffice or other similar building, ofpanels formed of enameled iron advertising plates or tablets providedwith notches in the ends thereof, and bolts or rivets passing throughsaid notches and securing said plates in position as an integral part ofthe structure, whereby the said plates may be readily detached therefromand changed at pleasure, substantially as I described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDMUND NICOLAS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE DAVIES, J N0. HUGHES.

